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February 2019

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More women in farm management roles

"Knowing that women approach business with different priorities can help farm and ranch families maximize their effectiveness in management roles."
Morning Ag Clips

Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund Application Now Open

"The application will remain open for five weeks before closing on March 8 at 5 p.m. PST."
Farmer Veteran Coalition

Women landowners impact conservation practices

American Farmland Trust believes supporting this underserved group, women landowners, is critical to more wide spread adoption of environmentally sound farming practices.
Morning Ag Clips

Nationwide holds annual grain bin safety contest

"This year, Grain Bin Safety Week runs from Feb. 17-23. The goal is to prevent injuries by promoting safe bin-entry procedures, such as maintaining quality grain, testing bin atmosphere for toxic gases and wearing proper safety equipment."
Morning Ag Clips

NFU Beginning Farmer Institute taking applications

"NFU encourages new farmers of any age from operations of any size, type or geography to apply for the class."
Morning Ag Clips

Broadband e-connectivity guide available

Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett: “This user-friendly tool will help rural customers find the many resources USDA has available to support the expansion and use of e-Connectivity in rural America.”
Morning Ag Clips

Agricultural Worker Program Act introduced

"Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representative Zoe Lofgren (both D-Calif.) today introduced legislation to shield farmworkers from deportation and put them on a path toward earned legal status and eventual citizenship."
Morning Ag Clips

Healthy soil is key to feeding the world

"...results that I saw on their farms in North and South Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ghana and Costa Rica, offer compelling evidence that the key to sustaining highly productive agriculture lies in rebuilding healthy, fertile soil."
Morning Ag Clips

Cincinnati family melts hearts, builds wheelchair-accessible snow fort so everyone can play

"Eichhorn is the father of nine adopted children, eight of whom live with physical or mental disabilities. When they began building the snow fort, they wanted to make sure everyone could play inside."
KTNV Las Vegas

When 9-Year-old Sees a Kitten Who Can’t Walk, He Builds a Tiny Wheelchair to Change Its Life

"A clever 9-year-old boy has transformed the life of a kitten after he noticed that it was unable to play to play with its siblings."
Good News Network

Clay Warner Wins the Hearts of North Polk Fans With “The Shot”

Clay Warner is called the “Heart and Soul of North Polk.” No one has more enthusiasm for basketball and the team. Clay was born prematurely 18 years ago. That left him legally blind, and he also has cerebral palsy.
WHO TV